exports
exports — 動詞
1. When a company or country exports goods, it sends them to a different country so
出口；外銷
把貨物賣到外國去
When a company or country exports goods, it sends them to a different country so that buyers there can purchase them.
Japan exports cars and electronic parts to over a hundred countries every year.
日本每年將汽車和電子零件出口到超過一百個國家。
export + product + to + country
The Watanabe family farm exports green tea leaves directly to small cafes in Paris.
Watanabe 家的農場直接把綠茶葉外銷到巴黎的小咖啡館。
Vietnam exports more coffee than almost any other country in the world.
越南出口的咖啡幾乎比世界上任何國家都還要多。
Eitan's company exports olive oil to supermarket chains across Northern Europe.
Eitan 的公司把橄欖油出口到北歐各地的連鎖超市。
Brazilian factories export iron ore and soybeans to buyers in China each month.
巴西的工廠每個月把鐵礦砂和大豆出口給中國的買家。
- ship
broader; covers any sending of goods, domestic or international
- sell abroad
phrasal alternative; foregrounds the commercial side
- import
opposite direction: bringing goods in from another country
文法句型
export + noun + to + country
用法筆記
Subject is usually a country, company, region, or farm rather than an individual person. Object is a commodity or product, often a plural mass noun.
常見錯誤
2. To export an idea, fashion, or way of doing things means to make it become known
向外輸出
把文化或想法傳到他國
To export an idea, fashion, or way of doing things means to make it become known and used in other countries beyond where it began.
South Korea has exported its pop music style to teenagers all around the world.
韓國把自己的流行音樂風格輸出給世界各地的青少年。
object is a cultural product, not a physical good
Sofia argued that France successfully exports its café culture along with its wine.
Sofia 認為法國成功地把咖啡館文化和葡萄酒一起向外輸出。
American fast-food chains have exported their menus and dining habits to nearly every continent.
美國的速食連鎖店已經把菜單和飲食習慣輸出到幾乎每一個大陸。
The Nordic countries have exported their school designs to many other governments.
北歐國家把他們的學校設計輸出到許多其他國家的政府。
文法句型
export + abstract noun + to + place
用法筆記
Object is an abstract noun (culture, style, music, religion, system) rather than a physical product. Distinguish from sense 1, which always takes physical goods.
3. On a computer, to export a file or data means to save it as a new copy using a d
匯出
把資料存成別的格式
On a computer, to export a file or data means to save it as a new copy using a different file type so another program or device can open it.
Élise exported the spreadsheet as a PDF before emailing it to her supervisor.
Élise 把試算表匯出成 PDF，然後寄給她的主管。
export + object + as + format
You can export your contacts from the phone to a small file on the laptop.
你可以把手機上的聯絡人匯出成一個小檔案存到筆電裡。
export + data + from + device + to + device
Sora taught the new staff how to export their charts into the company report template.
Sora 教新進員工如何把圖表匯出到公司的報告範本中。
After the survey closed, Bilal exported all the answers to a single backup file.
問卷結束後，Bilal 把所有的答案匯出到單一個備份檔。
- import
opposite direction: bring data into a program from outside
文法句型
export + data + to / as + format
用法筆記
Object is digital data (file, spreadsheet, contacts, photos). Almost always paired with a destination format or location. Distinguish from sense 1 (physical goods) and sense 2 (cultural ideas).
常見錯誤
exports — 名詞
1. An export is a product that a country sells to buyers in other countries; the wo
出口品
賣到外國的商品或業務
An export is a product that a country sells to buyers in other countries; the word also names the whole business of sending such products overseas.
Coffee and bananas are among the most valuable exports for many countries in Central America.
咖啡和香蕉是許多中美洲國家最有價值的出口貨之一。
plural use: country's main exports
Last year, Jack reported that car exports from Germany reached a record high.
去年 Jack 報導德國的汽車出口創下了歷史新高。
Oil remains the single biggest export for several countries in the Middle East.
石油依舊是中東好幾個國家唯一最大宗的出口品。
Hugo studies the export business and visits ports in Rotterdam every summer.
Hugo 研究出口業務，每年夏天都會去鹿特丹的港口參觀。
The new tax rules will affect Vietnam's rice exports to neighbouring countries.
新的稅務規定會影響越南賣到鄰國的稻米出口。
- shipment
narrower; refers to a single delivery rather than the trade in general
- overseas sales
business register; emphasises the revenue side
- import
goods brought in from another country
文法句型
country's main exports
export of + commodity
用法筆記
Plural 'exports' usually refers to the goods themselves; singular 'export' often refers to one commodity or to the activity as a whole. Frequently paired with a country name as possessor.
常見錯誤
exports — 形容詞
1. Used before a noun to say that something is connected with sending goods to othe
出口的
與外銷貿易相關的
Used before a noun to say that something is connected with sending goods to other countries — for example, an export licence, an export market, or an export tax.
Minh needed an export licence before her workshop could ship the carved figures to Canada.
Minh 必須先取得出口許可證，她的工作室才能把雕刻的小人偶寄到加拿大。
attributive: export + noun
The government raised export taxes on rare metals to support local factories.
政府提高了稀有金屬的出口稅，以保護本地的工廠。
Shanti's office handles all the export paperwork for the small tea cooperative.
Shanti 的辦公室處理這家小型茶葉合作社所有的出口文件。
European wine makers are searching for new export markets in Southeast Asia.
歐洲的葡萄酒商正在東南亞尋找新的出口市場。
- overseas
more general; can also be used attributively for travel or study
- import
describes goods or papers for bringing things into a country
文法句型
export + noun
用法筆記
Attributive only — always sits directly before the noun it modifies. Cannot be used after 'be' (you cannot say 'the licence is export'). Typical nouns: licence, tax, market, paperwork, ban, price.